The bottom line is this.
Juve are setting the precedent right now for the way a Serie A club should be run, from its finances, toits player development, to its forward thinking practices in the contruction of a wholly owned and operated stadium.
No one is disputing that, and from an entirely slefish point of view, that is excellent.
The point that I've been trying to make is that I am extremely frustrated, disappointed, whatever you want to call it, at the lack of forward thinking and progress of pracitcally every other team in the league, and nothing was being done about it until just recently.
The majority of the facilities are deplorable, and to be honest, that is an insult to deplorable facilities around the world.
The inherent lack of common sense economics among some of the larger clubs, and to a degree the smaller clubs is so embarrasing that most of these owners shouldn't be alowed to run a night club, never mind a football club.
There are reasons why Euro 2008, 2012, and possibly 2016, along with World Cups for the next 20 years, will not be on Italy's shores anytime soon.
For a supposed first class footballing nation and league, the package that they present to the governing bodies of UEFA and FIFA are quite embarrassing, to tell you the truth.
Its pretty sad when teams in the EPL such as Birmingham City and Burnley have better stadia and overall facilities than half of the squads in Serie A.
Pretty sad, indeed.
I'm sure Serie A and Lega Clacio will wake up someday. I just hope it won't be too late.